Italian Irrigation. 
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Year. 
Nature of Cultivation. 
Kxpenses. 
Receipts. 
Fifth 
Year. 
i 
Four ploughings and harrowings, at 4s, . . 
Produce in grain, deducting seed and por-j 
tion due to the mttayer, 17' 16 bushels, at) 
Net returns for five years 
2nd, Culture of the same land as the 
preceding, converted into an irrigable 
meadow. The averages. of three years 
are given. 
Manure. — 150 cwt. of stable manure, at 4J(Z.'i 
.0 16 0 
0 8 0 
2 17 2 
Eye. 
Means of 
three 
Years. 
9 2 8 
21 3 10 
9 2 8 
2 8 2 
12 1 2 
2 16 3 
0 12 6 
1 7 8 
8 8 0 
0 8 4 
Meadow. 
Charges for irrigation channels and spread-) 
Watering, cutting, making, and carriage of 1 
hay / 
Produce of three cuttings, 72 cwt. of hay,'i 
Rent received for pasturage after the third i 
Net annual produce of one acre of irrigated! 
Comparniive Statement. 
Annual produce of one acre of irrigated\ 
land / 
Annual produce of one acre of unirrigatedl 
land / 
Excess per acre in favour of iiTigation 
4 16 5 
3 19 11 
2 8 2 
8 16 4 
4 16 5 
3 19 11 
• 
1 11 9 
" The preceding details show resuhs on strong good land in the 
Lumellina. It may be interesting to give an example of the same 
kind lor light and rather inferior soil in the same locality : — 
Year. 
Xature of Cultivation. 
Expenses. 
Receipts. 
First 
Year. 
1st, Culture of an acre of light and sandy soil 
in a rotation of four years — Un irrigated. 
Manure as in No. 1 
Labour is paid for cn metayer, as iu No. I., 
with one-fourth of the produce. 
Net produce, deducting portion due to the) 
metayer and seed, 10-7 bushels, at 3s. id.\ 
£. S. d. 
2 10 6 
£. s. d. 
2 15 8 
Indian 
corn. 
